Lehigh Commons

1680 Spring Creek Road in Macungie is home to Lehigh Commons, which offers assisted living and memory care. Genesis HealthCare operates the community. In Pennsylvania, this level of care is licensed under the state's personal care rules, a term families may see on paperwork alongside the more familiar assisted living label used in marketing materials and everyday conversation.

Personal care at Lehigh Commons generally covers help with bathing, dressing and medication, along with meals and staff available to residents throughout the day. Families touring the community should ask exactly what is included in the monthly rate, since services covered by a base rate can differ from one community to the next, even within the same operator's portfolio.

Memory care is offered as a distinct, typically secured setting for residents living with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Employees assigned to that part of the community are generally trained specifically for that population, and the daily routine is built to stay familiar rather than change often, which tends to matter more as dementia progresses and a resident's tolerance for change decreases.

Families comparing options in the Lehigh Valley can look at senior living in Macungie before scheduling a visit, and it helps to ask Lehigh Commons directly how staff involve families in decisions about a resident's changing care needs, and how often those conversations happen once a resident has settled in.